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Re: Colony Lifespan
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Peter Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 19 Jan 2015 17:33:41 -0000
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> I am looking for hard data on how long individual colonies last, without intervention. By intervention, that would mean requeening, adding brood, etc. 

What about splitting to make an artificial swarm?  Sometimes we do this with a double brood and then split the double so that there are three colonies, or perhaps split that double parent colony into more than two. Which then becomes the 'colony'?

What about colonies that supersede naturally?

Best wishes

Peter 
52°14'44.44"N, 1°50'35"W

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